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Comparative adjective marking
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Example 41-9:
isti ingrees miziiɲa dika isti fɛɛvrispa malvaarsu miziiɲa mee boom falaatu takombersaa
isti
this
[ingrees
[English
miziiɲa
medicine
dika
than
isti
this
fɛɛvri-s-pa
fever-
pl
-
dat
malvaar-su
Tamil-
gen
miziiɲa
medicine
mee
foc
boom
good
falaa-tu]
quot
-
pfv
]
ta-kombersaa
prs
-talk
They say that for fevers, Tamil medicine (Ayurvedic medicine) is better than English (Western) medicine.
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5345
Example 41-72:
noospa dika graandi jeentis fɔɔra naanda say
noos-pa
1pl
-
acc
dika
than
graandi
big
jeentis
people
fɔɔra
outside
naanda
neg
.
fut
say
go.out
People older than us won't get out.
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5250
Example 41-73:
kalmunay dika trinkumaal lɔɔnji
kalmunay
Kalmunai
dika
than
trinkumaal
Trincomalee
lɔɔnji
far
Trincomalee is further than Kalmunai.
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 1006
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Feature:
Comparative adjective marking
Source:
Own knowledge
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